Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Dodgers’ comeback has echoes of 2017


A year ago, the Dodgers had a magical season, winning 104 games and falling one game short of a World Series title.

The baseball gods may not grant them another shot. Clayton Kershaw may end his brilliant career without a World Series ring. The Dodger faithful, waiting for a title since 1988, may have to wait longer.

But last night in Chavez Ravine the Dodgers showed a little spark that had the look and feel of 2017. After being no-hit for five innings by Philadelphia’s Vince Velasquez, the Dodgers found themselves in a 4-0 hole.

The Dodgers got out of the hole with two runs in the sixth inning and three more in the eighth to knock off the Phillies, 5-4.

LA got big hits from Yasiel Puig, Joc Pederson, Matt Kemp, Justin Turner, Yasmani Grandal and Max Muncy and a little help from a shaky Philadelphia defense.

LA’s bullpen bailed out starter Brock Stewart, who left after four innings as Scott Alexander, Erik Goeddel, Yimi Garcia and Kenley Jansen stitched together five innings of shutout ball in relief for the win.

With the win, the Dodgers remained 3.5 games behind Colorado but slipped past San Francisco for third place in the division. LA has Colorado and Arizona in their sights, winning for the ninth time in the last 11 games.

If they keep this up, we may have to party like its 2017.

No comments:

Post a Comment